News & Views

Much of the talk pre Toy Fair (Feb 13-16) is about Barbie’s availability in three new body types: petite, tall and curvy. Most commenters feel it’s about time that Barbie looked like “every woman”—that all along, Barbie’s skinny torso has been sending an unhealthy message...

When I was a young girl, my mother wanted me to grow up to be a nurse (“doctor” never entered the picture). Not because either of us felt any affinity for the medical profession, but because nursing was, in her mind, the better alternative to...